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>Which, if you think about it, makes the "you're selfish to have kids" a sort of species-wide suicidal ideation. But then, non-suicidal people are sort of selfish, wanting to conti…

Yeah, but those guys want to get rid of those greedy artists, so they're all for AI they can leverage. https://arstechnica.com/ai/2023/08/google-record-labels-work...

Like normal...

More than 50 billion animals (land and sea) are killed each year for food in the United States, alone. Farmed animals must be fed to bring them to slaughter. If there was a reducti…

Well, nobody designed us. We're a product of evolution. Had we been designed, and the designer was not a cruel monster, I'm sure they could have thought of a way for all beings to …

Not to mention the terrible conditions that animals are forced to live in and injuries caused by processing (from birth to death) [1] as well as abuse by low-paid workers who are, …

There would be far less suffering if we all lived on a plant-based diet. As well it would help in the fight against climate change, reducing environmental impacts.

Sorry, what? Citation please. The speed lost moving a DIMM from a 3cm path-to-CPU to a removable DIMM slot 6cm away is infinitesimal. You would not notice it.

>> soldered-to-the-motherboard, everything-utterly-encrypted approach is that it's almost impossible to do data recovery >Well, that's kind of the point. Not that I don't appreciat…

The same game is still played today with LED bulbs (whether there's a cartel behind it or not, I do not pretend to know). See: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=klaJqofCsu4

As there has been community transmission and aren't actively testing symptomatic people (unless in known direct contact with someone who has traveled to an affected area, or travel…

I do the same when I am on my bicycle as long as there are no cars approaching. Particularly if I'm crossing a moderate speed highway. It's safer for me to clear the intersection w…

Sure, after spending hundreds of dollars on a device, it only seems fair that the vendor exploit your personal information so that credit companies and anyone willing and able to b…

When I was 8 and all I had were half a dozen cartridges for my Atari, I would have loved this. Now, this might be interesting to try on a game or two, but I can afford any game I w…

That is indeed fictional, but the real world Ford Pinto that was based on is real [1]. 1. https://www.tortmuseum.org/ford-pinto/

Yes, people foolishly gravitate toward trucks and SUVs, fattening the wallets of the car manufacturers and fueling the insanely stupid 7 year auto loan industry [1]. Of course, thi…

One part Nova Sterling [1], 9 parts hideous. They should have used a CAD system that supported more than straight lines. 1. https://www.google.com/search?q=nova+sterling&tbm=isch

It should have been a free launch title with the Index to spur sales. This is not going to do that now as a separate sale. The buzz (what little there was for an expensive VR rig) …

That would be a much better link than the one provided. Wasting energy on the "IQ" issue is not productive to the problem presented: that air pollution does, indeed, cause (hopeful…

>as you pointed out Fedex is just following fed tax policy that it doesn't control. That is incorrect. According to the article FedEx is referencing [1], the NY Times wrote that Fe…

I have a 2015 Macbook Pro. I use it at my desk with an external mechanical keyboard. I carry my 2010 Macbook Pro whenever I'm out of my office. Apple's butterfly keyboard is horrib…

Other than still selling the Touch Bar as something we want, I'm somewhat pleased, myself. But I am still unhappy about the keyboard. Perhaps it may be better (a mote of dust won't…

Good luck proving it doesn't discriminate against minorities in court, you mean.

They should be required to display a "premises under 24 hour surveillance and recording" at their front door when they have any of these sorts of devices.

I'm a (depressed) realist, not a pessimist. I think the world CAN be better, though I realize that is incredibly unlikely unless enough people WANT to make it a better place and WO…